NTSE 2021 Application Form: NTSE Exam Dates, Eligibility, Syllabus, Reservation – Apply Here

NTSE 2021 Registration | Online Form apply: NTSE Registration Examination dates are now available. Read the article to get stage 1, 2 examination dates. NTSE Applications forms for Stage-I test are made available at state level. Students can procure their NTSE application forms from the concerned Liaison Officer (LO) assigned for the state. Student must submit the NTSE 2021 application form in the LO before the due date to avoid last minute rush. Late applications and unattested applications will be rejected. The stage I exam which is to be conducted on 12th and 13th December 2020 at state level.

Latest Update-: The authority has announced the revised dates for NTSE Stage- II examination for session 2019-20. Refer to the table to know the exact dates. Please note the dates are NTSE 2020.

In this article, we have shared detailed information on NTSE 2021 registration and application. It includes NTSE 2021 important dates, NTSE application procedure, eligibility, exam pattern, syllabus, NTSE reservation, quota, NTSE admit card, result, exam center and other related information.

NTSE 2021  

Name of the Scheme	National Talent Search Scheme
Article category	NTSE Registration Details
Conducting Authority	National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Scheme type	Scholarship scheme
Exam	National Talent Search Examination (NTSE)
Stages	Two
Year	2021
Number of NTSE Scholarships	2000
NTSE Registration process	Completed
Mode of NTSE registration	Online
Official website	www.ncert.nic.in
Official Notification 2021	Download Here
Information Brochure	Check Here

NTSE 2021 Important Dates

Events	Dates
Date of release of NTSE application forms	October 2020
Last date of NTSE application	Vary state to state
Stage I Examination (State Level)   A.) In Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands     C.) Bihar, Jharkhand, NCT of Delhi, West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir	12th December 2020     13th December 2020
Stage II Examination (National) In all states and Union Territories (UTs)	13th June 2021 for NTSE 2021

Quota Allotted for States and UTs

States and UTs	Quota
Assam	202
Andhra Pradesh	263
Odisha	259
Kerala	220
Himachal Pradesh	51
Haryana	186
Delhi	153
Uttarakhand	79
Madhya Pradesh	530
Meghalaya	50
Jammu & Kashmir	64
Chhattisgarh	195
Karnataka	371
Punjab	183
Chandigarh	20
Maharashtra	774
Uttar Pradesh	1408
Rajasthan	485
Goa	50
Bihar	691
Jharkhand	142
Telangana	216
Tamil Nadu	466
West Bengal	569
Manipur	50
Gujarat	360
Arunachal Pradesh	50
Nagaland	50
Sikkim	50
Mizoram	50
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	20
Tripura	50
Daman & Diu	20
Dadar and Nagar Haveli	20
Puducherry	20
Lakshadweep	20
Total	8387

NTSE Reservation

Have a look at the category-wise reservation applicable at national level i.e. for stage II examination given as under-

Category	Reservation %
Schedule Caste (SC)	15%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	7.5%
Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)	27%
Economically Backward Section (EWS)	10%
Children with benchmark disabilities	4%

NTSE Eligibility Criteria 2021

Before submitting application for NTSE, candidates must go through the eligibility criteria. Only eligible candidates are required to fill the applications. Interested students can get a brief on NTSE eligibility requirements shared as under-  

For State Level Exam (Stage I)

• Students studying in class 10^th in any recognized school are eligible.
• States may apply other eligibility conditions as per their rule.
• Students enrolled under Open and Distance Learning (ODL) are also eligible provided they should be below the age of 18 years as on 1^st July.
• All the students are advised to fulfill the eligibility requirements specified by the state.

For National Level Exam (Stage II)

• Students must have qualified stage I exam.
• Stage II exam is open to all the Indian nationals and also Indian students studying abroad. Indian students studying abroad can read the complete eligibility requirement details given on the official information brochure

For more information on eligibility criteria, candidates should visit NCERT website.

NTSE 2021 Application Form

• Candidates can avail the application form from the Liaison Officer or they can download it from the official website of concerned state authority/ LO.
• Students are advised to read the official notification carefully before filling the application form. They must adhere to all the guidelines and instructions provided by NCERT.
• Only those students should apply who fulfill all the eligibility requirements.
• NTSE Applicants must be ready with all the documents and information to be filled in the application form.
• All the details should be entered carefully in the form.
• NTSE Applications should be duly signed by the principal or head of the school/ institution.

Students must submit applications well on time.

• One should make sure that the application reaches the Liaison Office before the last date.
• Late and incomplete applications will not be considered.  
• NTSE Applicants are not required to send the application form to the office of NCERT. They have to send it only to the designated LO.
• Students can also keep a copy of filled in application with them future references.

NTSE 2021 Application Form Link

States/ UT	Application Form Link	Application Submission Deadline
Maharashtra	Click Here	November 4, 2020
Andhra Pradesh	Click Here	November 6, 2020
Chandigarh	Click Here	Available Soon
Himachal Pradesh	Click Here	November 20, 2020
Telangana	Click Here	November 10, 2020
West Bengal	Click Here	December 1, 2020
Odisha	Click Here	October 28, 2020
Chhattisgarh	Click Here	October 24, 2020

How to fill NTSE Application form?

Students who are interested in submitting applications for NTSE can follow the easy instructions given below to fill the form-

• Step 1- Firstly, applicants are required to visit the official website of the state body assigned for NTSE/ or LO.
• Step 2- Click on apply link.
• Step 3- Fill the required information and register.
• Step 4- Click on submit button. Download and print the NTSE application form.
• Step 5- Now, they have to fill required details such as basic information, address, category, etc. in the application form in their own handwriting.  
• Step 6- Affix a recent passport-sized photograph and signature in the space provided.
• Step 7- Attest the filled-in NTSE application form by the Principal.
• Step 8- Make payment of the application fee.
• Step 9- Once NTSE application fee has been paid, candidates have to post or submit the application form in person at the address of the State Liaison Officer.  

NTSE Registration Fee 2021

• State government may charge application fee from the applicants. For information on requisite application fee and mode of payment, students are required to contact the concerned Liaison officer of their state. Registration fee may vary state to state.
• No examination fee is charged by NCERT for stage-II examination.  

NTSE Application links and Liaison Office Addresses

All the applicants are required to send the duly attested application form to the concerned Liaison Offices of the state. The details and addresses of all the Liaison Offices (LOs) of the states are given below-

States/ Union Territories	Address of Liaison Officer	Official website
Assam	Directorate of Secondary Education Assam, Kahilipara Road Kahilipara, Guwahati Pin – 781019	www.madhyamik.assam.gov.in
Andhra Pradesh	Office of The Director of Govt. Examinations, D.No.20- 124, Beside SPNRCH High School Opp. Andhra Hospitals, Gollapudi, Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh- 521225	http://bseap.org
Arunachal Pradesh	Directorate of Secondary Education Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Naharlagun, Itanagar-791111, Arunachal Pradesh	www.arpedu.in
Odisha	TE & S.C.E.R.T. Unit IV, Bhubaneswar-751001, Odisha	www.scertodisha.nic.in
Kerala	SCERT, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695012	www.scert.kerala.gov.in
Himachal Pradesh	S.C.E.R.T., RABON, Solan- 173211 (Himachal Pradesh)	www.himachalservices.nic.in/scert
Haryana	S.C.E.R.T., Sohna Road, Opp. Panchayat Bhawan, Gurgaon- 122001 (Haryana)	www.scertharyana.gov.in
Delhi	Science & TV Branch, Old Gargi College Building, Lajpat Nagar-IV, New Delhi-110024	http://www.edudel.nic.in/
Uttarakhand	Bureau of Psychology SCERT, 2 Lowther Road, Prayagraj -211001 (UP)	www.scertuk.gov.in
Madhya Pradesh	RajyaShiksha Kendra, PustakBhawan “B” Wing, Arera Hills, Bhopal-462011 (M.P.)	http://www.ssa.mp.gov.in/
Meghalaya	Directorate of Educational Research and Training (DERT), Laitmukhrah, Nongrimmaw, Shillong-793011 (Meghalaya)	www.megeducation.gov.in
Jammu & Kashmir	J K Bose Jammu & Kasmir-190018	www.jkbose.ac.in
Chhattisgarh	SCERT, Shankar Nagar BTI Ground, Raipur Chattisgarh-492007	www.scert.cg.gov.in
Karnataka	Karnataka Board of Secondary Education 6th Cross Rd, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560003	www.kseeb.kar.nic.in
Punjab	SCERT PSEB Complex, Block-E, 6th Floor, Phase-8, Ajitgarh, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab-160062	www.ssapunjab.org
Chandigarh	SCERT (UT), Sector 32 Chandigarh	www.siechd.nic.in
Maharashtra	Maharashtra State Council of Examinations 17-Dr. Ambedkar Road, Pune-411001 (Maharashtra)	www.mscepune.in
Uttar Pradesh	Bureau of Psychology SCERT, 2 Lowther Road, Prayagraj -211001 (UP)	www.examregulatoryauthorityup.in
Rajasthan	Board of Secondary Education Ajmer, Rajasthan-305001	http://www.rajeduboard.nic.in/
Goa	Directorate of Education State Council of Educational Research and Training Alto-Porvorim, Bardez- 403521 (Goa)	www.education.goa.gov.in
Bihar	S.C.E.R.T. Mahendru Post Office, Patna-800006 (Bihar)	directorscertbihar@gmail.com
Jharkhand	Jharkhand Academic Council Ranchi, Gyandeep Campus, Bargawan Namkum, Ranchi- 834010	www.jac.jharkhand.gov.in
Telangana	Office of Director of Government Examinations Chapel Road, Hyderabad Telangana-500001	http//bse.telangana.gov.in
Tamil Nadu	Directorate of Govt. Examinations, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600006	http://www.dge.tn.gov.in/ta/index.html
West Bengal	Directorate of School Education BikasBhawan, 7th Floor, East Block, Salt Lake City, Kolkata- 700091 (West Bengal)	www.wbsed.gov.in
Manipur	Directorate of Education (Schools), Lamphelpat, Imphal (Manipur)- 795004	www.manipur.gov.in
Gujarat	Gujarat State Examination Board, Opp. Government Library, Sector-21, Gandhinagar-382021	www.sebexam.org
Arunachal Pradesh	Directorate of Secondary Education Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Naharlagun, Itanagar-791111, Arunachal Pradesh	www.arpedu.in
Nagaland	SCERT, Nagaland, Kohima	http://scertnagaland.org/default.aspx
Sikkim	Human Resource Development Department of Education Govt. of Sikkim, Tashiling Secretariat Gangtok- 737101 (Sikkim)	http://sikkimhrdd.org
Mizoram	S.C.E.R.T., Chaltlang, Aizawl, Mizoram- 796012	www.scertmizoram@gmail.com
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	State Institute of Education Shiksha Sadan, Link Road, Port Blair South Andaman- 744101	www.education.andaman.gov.in
Tripura	State Council of Educational Research and Training, Abhoy Nagar, Agartala, Tripura (West)- 799005	http://www.scerttripura.com
Daman & Diu	Govt. of High School, Nani Daman- Vaniyawad, Opposite Custom House Daman & Diu- 396210	www.daman.nic.in
Dadar and Nagar Haveli	State Liaison Officer, NTS/NMMS Directorate of Education 1st Floor, Building No.5 PWD Campus, Above Animal Husbandry, Silvassa- 396230 UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli	http://www.dnh.nic.in/departments/education.aspx
Puducherry	Directorate of School Education, Perunthalaivar Kamarajarcent.Edu. Complex, Anna Nagar, Puducherry- 605005	https://schooledn.py.gov.in
Lakshadweep	Department of Education, Kavaratti, UT of Lakshadweep- 682555	http://www.schoolspedia.com/website/gov-sr-sec-school-kavaratti-lakshadweep

Candidates are also advised to contact at the LOs in case of any issue related to the application form.   

For detailed information on NTSE state LOs visit – Check Here

NTSE Exam Pattern 2021

As it is clear that NTSE will have two stages on which selection of candidates will be based. Stage-I exams will be conducted at the state level by the concerned authority. State-level exam will consist of two paper viz. Paper I i.e.  Mental Ability Test (MAT) and Paper-II i.e. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Both tests will be conducted on same day.

Have, a look at the exam scheme of NTSE Stage-I exam shared below-  

• Mode of Exam- Offline (Written exam)
• No. of Questions- 100 each
• Type of Questions- Multiple Choice Type Questions
• No. of papers- Two (MAT and SAT)
• Total marks- 100 each paper
• Duration of exam- 120 minutes (each paper)
• Medium of test- The questions in test will be available to candidates in Asamiya, Hindi, English, Bangla, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, and Urdu languages (as applicable).
• Negative Marking- No negative marking will be there.

Paper	Test	No. of Questions	No. of Marks
Paper I	Mental Ability Test (MAT)	100	100
Paper II	Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)	100 (Science, Mathematics and Social Sciences)	100

Candidates are required to qualify both the papers separately. The category-wise qualifying marks details are shared as under-

Category	Qualifying marks %
General	40%
OBC	40%
SC/ST	32%
PWD	32%

NTSE Syllabus

NCERT has not specified any particular syllabus for the examination. However, the questions in exam are basically asked from the level of class X and IX. Students can prepare from a separate booklet named ‘Learn about the Test’ which contains sample items for MAT and SAT. This booklet is available in printed form and also on the official website of NCERT.

NTSE Exam Centre

Exam centers in each stage will be allotted as per the preferences submitted by students at the time of application. In the 1^st stage, exam centers will be allotted in the same state of the candidates and generally there is only one exam center in each State/UT for NTS exam.

Exam center once allotted will not be changed. No request for allotted examination center will be entertained in any of the stage. However, it is possible only in some exceptional cases. 

NTSE Exam Admit Card

Before the conduct of selection test, admit cards are issued to all the candidates who have registered. Only E- admit cards will be issued which they have to download from the official website. Stage I admit card can be downloaded from state authority website and stage II admit cards can be downloaded from NCERT website.

Read about NTSE Result

FAQs

About NTSE

National Talent Scholarship examination is a national level scholarship examination organized annually under National Talent Search Scheme. It is conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).The main aim behind conducting NTS exam is to search talented students from different parts of India and awarding them with the scholarships. 

Selection of candidates for the award of scholarship is done on the basis of selection exam. This selection exam is conducted in two stages viz.- Stage I and Stage II exam.

Stage I exam is conducted at the state level by the designated authority. NCERT has appointed a Liaison Officer at every state and Union Territory to provide assistance to the students and to carry all tasks related to stage I exam. However, the dates of exam are decided by NCERT.

Apart from this, all the activities from the submission of applications to the declaration of result are carried out the respective state/UT authorities. NCERT has no interference in state-level exam. Stage I result is published on the official website of the State Authorities. Therefore, in case of any query related to stage I students should contact the concerned authority or respective LO.

On the other hand, stage II exam is conducted on national level by NCERT itself. Candidates selected in stage I are invited for stage II exam. A final merit list is prepared on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in stage I and stage II. This final merit list is hosted on official website of NCERT and finally, scholarships is awarded to the deserving students selected from different parts of the country.

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